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The world turned inside out : American thought and culture at the end of the 20th century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Livingston, James, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2010]
Series:American thought and culture.
Subjects:
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Social change > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1981-1989.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
United States > Social conditions > 1980-
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: The world elsewhere is not
  • Chronology
  • "From dusk to dawn" : origins and effects of the Reagan revolution
  • "Tenured radicals" in the ivory tower : the great transformation of higher education
  • The creators and constituents of the "postmodern condition"
  • "Signs of signs" : watching the end of modernity at the cineplex
  • "Angels in America" : technologies of desire and recognition
  • The ending of the "American century"
  • Appendix: Their Great Depression and ours.